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Gangs - Grants and Funding

This section contains links to Federal funding opportunities.

Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO)
The Weed and Seed strategy aims to prevent, control and reduce violent crime, drug abuse and gang activity in designated high crime neighborhoods across the country.

Drug-Free Communities Support Program
The Drug-Free Communities Support Program is designed to reduce substance abuse among youth; enable community coalitions to strengthen collaboration; enhance intergovernmental collaboration, cooperation, and coordination; enable communities to conduct data-driven, research-based prevention planning; and provide technical assistance, guidance, and financial support to communities.

Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program
Annually, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) makes monies available to help fund local G.R.E.A.T. Programs. The funds are restricted to law enforcement agencies only.

Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
This program allows States and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.

Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) Program
The JABG program is administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and provides block grants to States that have implemented or are considering implementation of legislation and/or programs promoting greater accountability in the juvenile justice system.

Office of Justice Programs (OJP) State Administering Agencies
Many OJP formula grants are awarded directly to State governments, which then set priorities and allocate funds within that State.  For information on how a State distributes formula grant funds, contact the administering State Administrating Agency.

Public Housing Drug Elimination Grants Program
The Public Housing Drug Elimination Program provides grants to fund drug elimination and other crime prevention activities in public and American Indian housing. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to make these grants available to selected public housing authorities and Native American housing agencies for the purpose of eliminating drug-related crime in their communities. Activities that may be funded through these grants include employment of security personnel and investigators, reimbursement to local law enforcement for additional services, physical improvements for security, support of tenant patrols, and programs to reduce crime and drug use by residents.

Safe Schools/Healthy Student (SS/HS) Initiative
The SS/HS Initiative is a unique Federal grant-making program designed to prevent violence and substance abuse among our Nation's youth, schools, and communities.

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